We chose to take the train for the voyage from Yogyakarta to Bali, Indonesia mainly because Indonesia does not have a reliable air carrier with a good flight safety record! The entire trip took us 22 hours, with the first train taking about 9 hours and the second train about 10 hours. We hired the …
One of our main reasons for visiting Yogyakarta was to see the Borobudur temple. We signed up for a tour through our hotel to visit the Borobudur and Prambanan Temples on the same day. The cost of the tour paid for the driver of an SUV, which we shared with two other people. We still …
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We watched two performances, both of the same love story, while in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. First off, we had to see the shadow puppet performance, after visiting a puppet maker. We stayed and watched the whole puppet show, but we were already really tired to start with, and the fact that we couldn’t understand any of …
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Our next day in Jogja turned out much better than our first evening there. We hired a cycle rickshaw (we’re not quiet sure what they are called in Indonesia) driver to take us around for the day. The going rate is 5,000 rupiah/hour. That’s about US 50 cents/ hour to peddle himself and the two …
Things got off to a bad start when we arrived in Yogyakarta (pronounced Jogjakarta, or Jogja for short). When we arrived at the train station it was pouring rain! We found a taxi driver to take us the short distance to our hotel, but the small alley ways leading to the hotel were flooded and …
We took the Taksaka train (executive class) from Gambir Station, Jakarta to Yogyakarta. When we boarded I was a little worried by the fact that almost all of the windows had cracks in them, probably from rocks being thrown at the train, but the ride itself was fine. It also turned out to be the …